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Advanced Google as a Tool for Promoting Evidence-Based Practice
- 1. Advanced Google Instruction as a Tool for Promoting Evidence-Based Practice By Jeff Mason, Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region Shauna-Lee Konrad, London Health Sciences Centre
- 2. RQHR’s Google Initiative: Advanced Google for Dummies Motivation Low interest for traditional library classes Desire to try something new and different for the summer as part of co-op student’s placement Rationale Health care practitioners’ use of Google is inevitable Proper training is necessary to achieve evidence-based results
- 3. Literature Review Many advocate the use of Google as a tool for information literacy Few actual experiences are published Three case studies - Google as a tool for information literacy
- 4. Case Study: Virginia Commonwealth University 1.5 credit hours honours module for undergraduate students Content Google as a tool for information literacy Overview of Google & search techniques Conclusions Positive experience Promote library’s education & outreach services Foster on-going dialogue about information retrieval, organization and evaluation
- 5. Case Study - The Google Game Grade 9 English class Developed game to teach students to refine web searches Pre-teaching session followed by Google game Game Assigned search question Winner correctly answers question with least results Conclusions Student recognition of decreased search time Student opinion about searching improved Increased credibility for librarians
- 6. Case Study - Become a Google Power User Various Grade 10 English classes To teach students to be better Internet Searchers by using 15 power searches in Google Method Pretest > Instruction > Practice Assignments > Post test Conclusions Significant improvements in students’ searching habits Increased students’ confidence and interest in searching Students’ increased knowledge of relevancy, credibility, web terminology
- 7. RQHR Course Development General Google Information How Google works Scope of Google Google for health information Google Special Features Calculator, Translator, I’m Feeling Lucky, Related Pages, Google Images, Google Scholar Google Search Techniques Overall Goal Teach Google features that will be useful for finding information to promote evidence-based practice
- 8. Google Search Techniques Using Google to find credible information 3. Appraise the evidence critically Strengths & Limitations of Google Searching Techniques Refining Search Results 2. Efficiently search the relevant literature to find the best evidence with which to answer the question Identification of search terms Order of search terms 1. Convert the information need into an answerable clinical question
- 9. RQHR Teaching Process Weekly Drop-in Sessions in July & August Computer Lab (8 seats) Live demonstration Explanations with health examples Practice time Handout
- 10. Marketing Process Promotional Posters Health Region Weekly Newsletter Health Region Intranet Page Library Intranet Page Health Region-wide email
- 11. Initial Response First class: Minimal attendance Subsequent classes well attended Introduced survey after 2nd class Very positive to all sessions Increased interest in library Promotes discussion about credibility of web information Departmental requests for class
- 12. Survey Design Consulted with health region research office Developed 10 question survey Purpose of Survey To learn why staff use Google To evaluate success of course
- 13. Results - 1 Who attended? 188 usable responses 5 groups Health care providers Health administrators Allied health care providers Educators/researchers (includes students) Other
- 14. Only 1 physician attended surveyed classes Allied HCP – primarily pharmacists and dieticians Results – 2
- 15. Results - 3 Current use of Google >50% ALWAYS use Google as their search engine.
- 16. Results - 4 Use of Google for work information
- 17. Results - 5 What Users Like About Google 28% - User friendly 24% - Fast 17% - Scope
- 18. Results - 6 What Users Do Not Like About Google Opposite of Scope 15% - Irrelevant results Opposite of User -friendly 21 % - Do not know how to use Google effectively Opposite of Scope 38 % - Too many results Observation Survey Result
- 19. Results - 7 Where else do users find information? 1 – Google 2 – Subscription databases 3 – Free databases 4 – Other search engines 5 – Library staff
- 20. Results - 8 Why users attended session 42% - learn to search better/save time 30% - just want to learn Was the session useful? 57% - extremely useful 8% - not useful
- 21. Results - 9 What users liked about the session 22% - tips and tricks 9% each – practical/hands on Do users want to learn more? 58% - yes!
- 22. Discussion - 1 Survey supports original ideas: Google is being used heavily Is being used for health care decisions Staff do not use it effectively There is a need to provide this type of education
- 23. Conclusion - 1 Providing staff with a session they want/need: Allows library to promote EBP by explaining strengths and weaknesses of Google/Internet sources. Raises library profile, reaches non-traditional users Increases credibility of librarians
- 24. Conclusion - 2 Future Directions Sessions that compare Google results to proprietary database results. Sessions that use health care literature search examples in Google.
- 25. Thank You Mary Chipanshi and Susan Powelson, RQHR Health Sciences Library Ali Bell and Nicole Aitken, RQHR Research and Performance Support
- 26. Contact Information For more information please contact: Jeff Mason, Client Services Librarian, RQHR – [email_address] Shauna-Lee Konrad, Reference Librarian, LHSC - [email_address]